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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19RP_cyrus-h-mccormick_Raphine-VA.html
Cyrus H. McCormick inventor of the reaper was born on this farm, Feb 15, 1809. Here he completed the first practical reaper in 1831
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QS_mountain-house_West-Augusta-VA.html
The Battle of McDowell began three miles to the southeast (near the intersection of Routes 629 and 716) when Confederates were fired upon by Union cavalry on May 7, 1862. After skirmishing, Federals rushed to the base camp here, sounding the alarm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV85_john-colter_Stuarts-Draft-VA.html
John Colter, born in Stuart's Draft about 1775, was a member of the northwest expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804-1806). During his subsequent, solitary explorations of the West, Colter traversed the area now comprising Yell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFS_new-providence-church_Raphine-VA.html
This church, seven and a half miles west, was organized by John Blair in 1746. Five successive church buildings have been erected. The first pastor was John Brown. Samuel Brown, second pastor, had as wife Mary Moore, captured in youth by Indians a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCM_last-indian-clash_Churchville-VA.html
Near this spot in 1764, Shawnee Indians killed John Tremble (Trimble) in the last such event in Augusta County. During the preceding decade, a series of conflicts between Native Americans and European settlers occurred along the western frontier o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCL_colonel-george-moffett_Churchville-VA.html
George Moffett (1735-1811), a prominent regional military and civic leader, had joined the Augusta County militia by 1758. He participated in the French and Indian War (1756-1763), led a militia company at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC9_mount-pleasant_Churchville-VA.html
Mount Pleasant, a venerable stone dwelling exemplifying traditional Shenandoah Valley domestic architecture, was erected on the 1740 land grant to John Moffett from King George II. Originally known as Moffetts Bottom, early probate records reflect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC6_salem-evangelical-lutheran-church_Weyers-Cave-VA.html
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church traces its existence to 1789 when Shenandoah Valley circuit preacher Paul Henkel held services for the German community in a schoolhouse nearby at Seawright Springs. By 1805, the congregation had built a frame str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKBB_future-farmers-of-america_Weyers-Cave-VA.html
One mile west at Weyers Cave on April 30, 1927, twenty-eight students of vocational agriculture formed the Future Farmers of Virginia which became the Future Farmers of America in 1928 at Kansas City. The organization has grown to include all of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAP_highland-county-augusta-county_Manila-VA.html
Highland County. Formed in 1847 from Pendleton and Bath, and given its name because of its mountains. The Battle of McDowell, 1862, was fought in this county. Augusta County. Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Augusta, Princess of Wales a…
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